Total cost to CR Cummins swap my 2008 Ford F-350 Dually

I go through the a full cost breakdown of my 05 Common Rail Cummins Swapped 2008 Ford F-350 6.4 truck. Was it worth it? Or should I have just bought something else? I also go through a general build overview of what's been done, and how it all works.
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[@SFbayArea94121]

We all need more Taylor ray type friends in our lives. Good hearted, genuine, hardworking

[@jeremyzeimet3631]

Be that guy in your friend's lives

[@MiGujack3]

@@jeremyzeimet3631 We all try. But if you are in a rough environment, you burn out really fast.

[@larrysutton6530]

To be that person or have that person in your life you have to surround yourself with the right people and be a good person yourself which is easier said than done

[@michaelvermunt5211]

Amen!

[@nou8257]

Can weld

[@MX304]

Under 15K is a LOT less than I would have expected. Well done!

[@JeremiahHartmanPhotography]

In the next episode: Taylor gives up drifting and opens a Diesel Conversion and Race Truck Shop because he loves diesel's now lol

[@jessejlewismeng]

He's probably been hangin out with JH Diesel too much lol

[@crimsonr34p3rz]

JH Who?

[@peterdang9475]

crimsonr34p3rz JH Diesel, He’s on Cleetus’ channel

[@tbone3110]

@@peterdang9475 🤦‍♂️

[@daniellarajr6137]

Peter Dang 🤦🏾

[@HatchieeOG]

maybe you could get together with obsessed garage for the detailing

[@ThePinkPanth3r]

I really really would like to see it detailed too. There are tons of good detailing/paint correction guys on youtube, i hope one is close.

[@bunzino8617]

And some info on Milwaukee tools.

[@dwalker112]

I second that! Once he puts on the Semi-Wheels, get it detailed. It’s going to look sick!

[@gotthumbs2235]

@Datsun Racing At least by OG it would. He deals with high end....not necessarily work trucks.. Still, it should have a good initial detail since most of the work is completed.

[@DolphinDivingChamp]

Definitely not nice enough of a truck for that

[@SloppyMechanics]

the economist, and spreadsheet cost analysis man in me loves these videos, thank you for doing them

[@BullittKid08]

Whaddup denmah

[@SavantP]

@Taylor Ray...How much would you charge to build that for mine? $6k?

[@ReignitedAuto]

Lot cheaper than I expected, great work man, especially considering a modern truck costs 65k+

[@jcnpresser]

More like close 80k for a new lariat in the same configuration. Totally worth it.

[@xiukn8]

But his truck isnt new

[@ReignitedAuto]

@@xiukn8 true enough, but he's got a solid platform that will essentially do everything a new truck does for about 30% the cost, so 80% of a new truck at 30% the cost is good value in my book.

[@ironjohn5914]

I put the Catapillar diesel engine in my 08 f450 4x4. Very nice sounding 👌

[@getstuk87]

What Cat engine? Haven't heard of anyone doing a cat swap before

[@arenaissanceishman6689]

Can’t wait to see it with new wheels and those hidden auto running boards

[@jakemosher215]

It's sweet to see how happy you are about that truck

[@chadgeary2653]

Dude. I'm so happy for you. Also thank you for being absolutely honest with us on all that you spent on this because it really puts everything in a perspective we can understand.

[@ryleygriffin9660]

Its truly amazing to see how far you've come. Your such a humble guy and your by far my favourite youtuber!!! Awesome job Taylor

[@ewanoffshore]

Blown away, loved following this build delighted how it turned out for you. Definately something to be said for 'built, not bought' Props to you man, you killed it!!!

[@shanes_bs2659]

Nothing better than watching a great build/swap series than a detailed breakdown of everything so someone can understand what's involved. Well done!

[@Gecko4nine]

Love the transparency of your builds! not many youtubers do the same. keep up the great work!

[@shawnramsey2791]

Why hasn’t this man got 1 mill yet ?

[@brandondimmitt8467]

Straight up!

[@MrArcticPOWER]

He doesn't attract kids like most youtubers do.

[@mick123789]

he talks too much

[@SamWilliams78]

@@mick123789 one of my favorite things about him!

[@teofrontado]

mick123789 this is a video based off of talking though, an information video 💀💀💀

[@crazymike401]

i been here since your 2 door dodge living with the other guy... so glad to see you finally get a truck you happy

[@douglasstone186]

You did a great job on the fummins build. Really makes me want to dive into one for myself. Truly is the best of both worlds

[@tylersvideoproduction8603]

Been following this build from the start. Loved it the entire way. For what you have into that for what it is you cannot beat it that is actually a bulletproofed set up. Also I had a mitsimoto trans cooler installed in one of my 7.3’s and I love it

[@timsmallsreed1349]

I'm glad you're happy with your build and it met all your expectations!

[@mannyreynoso7945]

No cap I love seeing how happy you are about this build :D

[@shane_smith_]

Sooooo at this point I would consider u a bad asss "MASTER" mechanic! Dude your awesome 👌 keep up the phenomenal work!

[@FriscoBossFriscoBoss]

Yes I would love to see the full break down and how everything was done I’m planning on doing this soon!

[@safisher83]

I'm doing this to my 2010 f450, super excited, you provided some much needed hope and inspiration

[@EwainW]

So glad for you man. So many people chase what they hope their projects will be, nice to see yours is exactly what it should be. Well done dude.

[@rbento2239]

This is the reason i live your videos as someone who doesnt now too much about working on cars these videos are so in debth that im just learning soo much shit

[@jeepsterdaddy37]

I wish I had the time and patients to build stuff like you do. Great work my man. Also, it would help to show how fast it gets going by putting a camera facing the Speedo and tach

[@MrSkuttlebutt]

The tow rig videos are definitely my favorite part of this channel. So great

[@bernardolson1659]

Well done. You couldnt find a truck like this for what you spent. sounds great looks great. I have seen alot of vids where people are doing this swap I like the direction you went. I like Ford trucks just not their engines. Except the 7.3. You have inspired me to do something similar. Thanks again for posting.

[@joshuahoefs6345]

Knowledge + Skill needed to do a project like this = Priceless

[@HenryDarr]

So happy for you brother 🤙🏽🤙🏽 I'm living the dream through you !

[@gamecrazy203]

Man great job. Awesome build. Been watching since video number 1. Congrats man enjoy!

[@davidjohnson8474]

I'm really happy you did this! I'm really thinking about converting a gas powered Motorhome with a bad engine unless I find one cheap! I've needed someone to let me learn!

[@edwinwu2838]

i'm so happy the truck came out like everything u wanted it to be mann keep up the great work

[@tanioraaura1274]

I love the truck too. This is worth watching very informative, Awesome skills . 👍

[@dethbox32]

If you are still having issues with the tow mode switch, check the wires where they come out of the shift lever under the steering column plastics. They tend to break right where they come out of the shifter and cause intermittent function issues.

[@kennethatchley3355]

Love the truck watch every episode now I want to take my 07 5.9 and swap it now 👍👍 Congrats on the build 👏✌

[@zachdick02]

Absolutely love the fummins build so far. keep it up!

[@JDR1971]

Awesome build, thrifty budget. Super worth it! I have the Fox 2.0s on my Cummins truck and they are awesome.

[@willb3018]

Super build. Enjoyed watching. Nothing is perfect....but this is close. TR has amazing skills.

[@stephengordon8968]

You got the best of both worlds and you built it the way you wanted ! Good for you enjoy the fruits of your labor !

[@timothydurga2037]

I'm excited to get my swap started this week!

[@marklee6701]

Nice work. I enjoyed watching this build.

[@biss7981]

I don't know why I was such a late adopter to this channel. Great work, original content, awesome video length, and I learn a lot watching you work. Most of all, this is a great community it looks like. The comments are positive and vastly different from say Tommy's channel, where it's just a sess-pool of reddit type commenters lol. Very happy for you my man, you should be proud !

[@jeffpistritto9524]

I love this project ! I love the 08-10 superduty body and interior ! I want to do this exact build .

[@jcapen1]

Great job Taylor! I have a 2010 6.4 that I had rebuilt. I wanted to do a 24 valve conversation but I was worried about the little quirks. It would have been just over 20k . I went with a rebuild on the 6.4 with upgraded pistons, head studs, deleted, tuned, FASS lift pump new intake and exhaust and I love it. That was just around 17k. Still kinda wish I had the 24 valve. I had the work done. If I did the work the cost would have doubled. With a great motor the Ford is really a great truck. Your awesome!!

[@yomommasgardener9648]

Dt466 is better option

[@IronBloodTattoos]

Love the sound quality! Love the info ! You’re super helpful! Thank you so much .

[@timcanizares5240]

Yes an in depth breakdown Taylor..... you did an excellent job buddy

[@Shezam043]

Great video! Super nice truck that's better than store bought. Most don't know the true value of this.

[@dannyhanley4192]

Considering what that ford cost when it was new and what he has done to it now, id say the cost was well worth it

[@tonybarnett2371]

My wife and I watched from beginning to end. We were impressed with your shop and attention to detail. For the investment that you have in the vehicle you able to make a really good towing pickup. So glad to see you weren't interested in rolling coal. Great job.

[@jdias51]

But a month of time that you could be billing/working on customers cars could you earn the money to just buy a new truck? 35/40 days of shop time is alot of lost revune

[@grumpyolddan]

@@jdias51 he also makes money from posting the videos to his KZbin channel.

[@larrysutton6530]

There is no truck on the market that doesn't have drawbacks in his mind plus he has many other things going on

[@wino9NINE]

@@jdias51 Taylor not having to deal with demanding customers and potential lawsuits is a bonus..+$10k in labour savings

[@6bt_str864]

Excellent work Sir 👍 now I can figure down to the dollar what mine would be almost down to the dollar, appreciate the insight (your now the "Mr T" of fummins swaps I do believe) 🤘😆

[@Bradthewelder1]

Congratulations on the successful build!

[@GreaseMonkeyVIP]

I’ve never owned the 5R110, I had a 7.3 with the 4r100. A good friend of mine had a 6.0 with the 5r110 and he swapped in only a triple disc billet converter no other mods to he trans and it made quite a big difference on how it drove. He had bigger injectors, bigger turbo, bigger hpop,and other stuff but it also helped with the temps while towing heavy. We both towed often at 15-16k lbs up parleys canyon which is6-8% grade for a long distance. Sure miss that girl, 13.7 qtr mile in SLC utah on some 35” tires at 8600 lbs with a 7.3 aint to shabby, Always wanted to swap to an Allison 6spd

[@joepatenaude3957]

Good job following through and detailing costs and methods

[@ethankarrick7309]

As a automotive painter im gonna say that Door has probably been repainted thats why the clear is peeling. (Fords usually have pretty good paint and from my experience it rarely peels ect.)

[@young11984]

Ethan Karrick yep, the bedside and fender on mine is peeling and that’s the only thing that’s been repainted. Even the roof is still good factory black paint for being a 2001 and sits outside its whole life.

[@freshcoastdrifttracks6074]

I had a 04 f150 3 years ago and thoutside. On nearly every panel was aweful. But I think it had spent most of its life outside.

[@skipman8yard]

great vidj Taylor nice to have the cost explained great truck

[@petekleinschmidt4251]

Such a sweet build thanks Taylor!!!

[@lancecrowe2565]

Stay with 4” exhaust. The 5” sounds good, but it’s really loud and gets old fast when pulling long distance.

[@Craig-yi5ic]

also 5" is pointless unless you're pushing huge hp

[@Redsfanatic32]

They’re all loud without a muffler. I had a 4 inch straight pipe on my 06 dodge last summer when driving from Ohio to Florida. That got old. 5 inch with muffler is pretty nice. In cab noise is quieter.

[@thrownthekilled]

Redo your sound proofing 🤣🤦‍♂️

[@DavidAutoworks]

so happy for you taylor you finally got a truck your happy with it does everything you need it too and has all the bells and whistles hopefully it stays reliable **cross fingers **

[@jasonbiggsimmsimmons2664]

Great Job!!! Got me looking at doing it really hard.

[@dougsfan9984]

Awesome truck! Good job! Loved the episodes!

[@Phil60084]

Stoked about the 1hr rebuild summary like the ls miata!

[@freddyhollingsworth5945]

Great build!! I stick with the Fords to keep the key-pad entry on the driver's door---a true life saver.... I believe I will do the Cummins swap as well!!! Wonderful truck...

[@sumochop360]

I love builds like this and not just trucks. Anyone doing a refresh build on an older car and truck and basically making it a new vehicle and for some they think this is way too expensive but if you think about buying a new diesel truck your talking over 60k easy and up to 100k for the absolute best. So for me this is really smart especially if you have a favorite body style and you have the time and money upfront.

[@padrescout]

Mostly? I'm a big believer in finding the body style you like and running with it. Me, I love the old brick noses - beautiful machines. But it's only cheaper if you happen to be a mechanic with all the tools, all the facilitates to do the work, the spare time, the ability to unload those spare parts he's deducting from costs - it's kind of misleading. For you or me or "most" people - that things a very very expensive used truck. Also it's not insured for total cost. Unless he has a fancy policy he's paying a lot of money for - if that thing gets totaled or stolen (which is easy, because on paper that's a 2012 Ford and not really valuable) he's getting a check for about .... 1/3 the replacement cost. And his time will never be compensated. I'm not trying to crap all over the idea. It's really interesting and a lot of fun to watch him work and see this thing he loves happen - but you gotta understand this is insanely impractical for the overwhelming majority of everyone.

[@juanrrobledo89]

Amazing job, great project, killer results

[@DolphinDivingChamp]

Dam taylor really balled out on this build, love to see hes able to do that

[@titochuz]

This is the best of both worlds!, please get the interior detailed!

[@jamesmcrae5674]

Nice to see a youtuber go over all costs, not just say I did a cummins swap and leave everyone guessing how much it cost. Only thing one would need to add is labor, but if you had to pay someone to do it, it might not be worth it.

[@jgwood2]

Love it man. Awesome build.

[@bartonmd]

In HPTuners, you can turn off the light for specific codes. It's a checklist.

[@detroitgarage9430]

If you still have the truck, you can tune out the check engine light with HPTuners. I swapped a Detroit into my 09 and got rid of the Check Engine light with HPTuners. Very nice swap by the way.:)

[@leerjet31]

Taylor is so under rated

[@phatboizbackyardkustomz9006]

Great build ,glad you are happy with her.Just imagine if the major manufactures offer real custom stuff like that . I would imagine that truck would have cost 90 to 150 grand and probably wont be as dependable as the one you built yourself and you would not be as happy with it. Strong work Brother!

[@brettheriot-burmeister7014]

The CEL, reduced engine power, tow/haul mode not working (possibly bad switch) makes me believe that the dpf clean mode, that popped up during the drive, needs to be deleted out of the tune. That should clear it off the instrument panel. When it goes thru that cleaning cycle of it doesn’t end up seeing the parameters it wants it’ll throw the truck into reduced power mode and may disable the ability to switch to tow haul mode

[@boostbygear6782]

Amazing build brother

[@michaelchristopher9444]

Engine bay looks clean and not cluttered at all. Almost as if it was meant to be there. Good job on the swap. I've always wanted to do a common rail swap into something but the complexity of the swap always stopped the plans. After watching your videos it's not much more complex than any other swap as long as you have the money for the kit from DCS.

[@Taylordrifts]

It really was super simple. Dcs harness is legit plug n play. And the Cummins harness really doesn’t need much to run the engine.

[@oldretireddude]

Be sure to document all the Ford/Dodge interfaces and non stock mods. A few years from now you may forget some of the little details when the enevitable normal tow vehicle issues arise. Truck looks and sounds great.

[@tylergolden8663]

I agree the 5r110s are stout but if you start to make alot of power and pull stuff with it you will 100% burn the directs out of it. I have a 6.4 with a Rudy's comp tune and I put 4 stockers in it in 2 years before I finally built one.

[@thunderbirdizations]

Did you think 5 months ago, that you’d ACTUALLY be making this video today?

[@JimmyZ408]

Definitely a cool build! Well done!

[@vincentlevesque30]

Thanks for all the work you put in these videos, it is really appreciated!

[@gokartsRfun]

The video I was waiting for!!

[@scottdowney4318]

Cummins swap was a very good idea. I have a Ram 2005 3500 4x4 dually 8 foot bed in Patriot Blue which I paid 18,900 total last year. It has no rust and everything works great. This engine is one of the best diesel truck motors.

[@loluracing]

"100% by myself. One person". I felt that

[@jimlovesgina]

This video series was great. I ended up with more questions than answers, though. Most videos about a swap like this are stupid and useless. I really enjoyed these even though so much of it was just skipped over. An "everything you will need" video would have been nice. More of what you actually did instead of a camera 6 feet away would have been nice. Beggars can't be choosers. Yours is the best on KZbin that I have found so I thank you for that.

[@ET_Videos]

Great job on this project!!

[@leokingcyi9415]

Love the vids And the truck

[@nicholasrodriguez587]

Cant wait to see a detailed video 👌

[@jamesbobo1922]

Tylor, just wanted to say thanks for posting your videos.. I’m looking at doing the same conversion.. and this really helps. Great to see how the final product comes out..

[@andrewmccready8260]

Great job, awesome truck. I have a 08 f450 king ranch. Spent 14k to refressh/mod the 6.4. Could have gone Cummins route for same cost. Food for thought next time.

[@victor440_]

Also you know the truck and what's in it and that's a great piece of mind awesome job thanks 👍👍

[@bizzybcarm.d.7828]

Red top steering boxes are so worth it!

[@FernandoMartinez-js4lb]

I love the 6.4 look 😍

[@letsgobrandon7112]

Great Video! Would LOVE to have that truck!

[@funkingonutz1170]

When taylor was reiterating over the parts cost and his reasoning I was just like " okay, okay, where do I sign and whats the monthly payment?"

[@richiecee6186]

Love the videos man 👍

[@LS__812]

I love the Truck! Looks like it gets great smiles per gallon!

[@geriatricginger]

Thanks for breaking everything down. Great info! Odd question, but what cameras are you using? Thanks!

[@BigKeke]

You did a hell of a job with this build Taylor! Considering how much new trucks costs, this build was only maybe a 1/3 of what a new truck is! I’d say this was a hell of a good deal man 👍🏻🔥 shit you couldn’t even buy that truck for the 25k you have into it 😅 easily worth more all day

[@randybryant9936]

I would love to go for a ride in it. I have really enjoyed this series